The St. Paul's Roman Catholic School Division in Saskatoon is undertaking a nation wide survey concerning how school divisions are scheduling middle years band programs in schools with declining enrolments. Questionnaire results will be available to interested school divisions. Please access the 10 minute survey at http://www.scs.sk.ca/arts/scsbandenrollmentsurvey.htm by April 10. Questions may be directed to Thecla Anderon at tanderson@scs.sk.ca

NSBA President: Music advocacy: dancing with the school board By Joan E. Schmidt 02/07/06 -- Wynton Marsalis once described it as the art of the invisible. My son's trumpet teacher calls it the language of emotion. As for me, I simply love music. And I daresay all three of us believe music is an essential component in a high-quality education. That credo places music squarely in the core curriculum, and it makes music instruction a fundamental right for every single child.